Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-03

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body on the tree" There, on the tree,
God in perfect grace dealt with sin &C
cording TO His intinite holiness and Just
ice. "Right here" said the preacher ii
his most incisive tones, Isl WsnL TO make
81 offer. Il is this: To any man who
will point out TO NE 8 clause il the New
Testament that justifies the idea that q
man viii be damned for his sins | will
give S25. And I know the value Of SIS
as well as any person present. You
cau'U DO it. Such 4 statement can not be
found IN the book. Christ is said to have
died for the sins Of the world, and If He
old this, :hen l question Gods justice If
lie demands payment twice for the same
offtHsc."
Man could not atone for his own sins.
Wnst has he to offer in atonement for his
sins: He is unClesn in his natural state.
In this state ne could not draw near unto
God. Christ ssys; "I SIN the Wsy; no
man can interview the Father but
through Me-" IA man goes up here tc
Brother Wells drugstore" says the
preacher, "Who bad never seen
telephone = who had never heard
OF or seen one and does
not understand its mechanism. He 90
serves g msn standing up by g wooden
box with handle Of some sort al his ear
aud his mouth IL the phone hallooing,
'Hell-O-O, Dallas; hell-o-o, Dsl!ss,' and
he says to this strangely acting party,
why, what on earth are you yelling at:'
and receives the reply that he is speaking
80 man over in Dallas. He goes up and
examines that instrument, sees there is g
box with al opening IN the front and &
handle attached to it by string. He
goes home and makes Gn instrument as
nearly like that IS 1t is possible to get it,
Then he takes hold OF his handle and
holds it up TO his ear and yells into the
cavity, 'HellCO, Dallas; helloo, Dallas
Till his lungs are exhausted. But he gets
no answer. Then some one explains That
there IS not the necessary wire attach
ment to carry his voice the distance he
wishes it to go. This" exclaimed the
minister, sis the function Of Christ as
between the one who prays and the
Father in Heaven. We ourselves have
nothing to plead in our own favor nor
nothing to gain ndmittance into His pres
enCe. We are nothing out sin and filth
ness. All cur righteousness is but as
filthy rags in the sight Of the Lord. All
our best efforts are of no avail. Should
q besgar wish TO gain admittanCe to the
presence of the Queen in his rags and
tilth and dir, he would first
hsve to be washed and
clothed and then introduced into the
royal presence by one who was capable
of approaching the Queen on his own
merits. The beggar having no merits of
his OWE upon which to gain edmistance
must be introduced by one lmbued with
the requisite dignity. SO with Us. We
nad to be cleansed by the blood of Christ
and clothed in his righteousness and in
| tToduCed by Him VINO il our advocate
We need g robe that will cover our I'M
! quities IN order to be presentable to the
father. We have that all in Christ. On
the cross he completely satisfied God, and
st the resurrection justified US, thereby
giving Us righteousness that admits Us
into the holy presence. We ind
it written, the wages of sin is
daarh. Christ received the wages FOR oul
sins, for the book SAYS, ''He t6stedisir
for every man" Thus between God anc
Christ the entire question of our sin was
gone into and settled for al time TO come
Sd cur sins are now forever put away
All are forgiven-pGst, present and fu-
tGfe. And we have one who will intro.
uuC3 US into Gods presence, having
cleansed Us God is recoDciled to US
We are not reconcilad 10 him. But w
must become SO. Ii we 90 not who is X
blame? For Whist cause will
mau go to hell? For unbele
and rejecting tie substitute Coz
mas given US. The underlying basis Of
sii religion is that Christ died. and tina
now our sins are forgiven.
The only part we had at the cross Wa
: that our sins were there, The sin ques-
ton was there forever settled. Then, Q
course, our sins can never come up egsirs
us in judgment il the Bible is true, 70
; He says: "TheIr sins snd ingratitude
: will remember no more" II they com
: up in judgment Cod would be going bacl
on His word, and that is not the kind o
GGd lie is.
At the Judgment seat the question G
= works, not Of SIN, will be brought IN.
. Here the speaker said paren
, thetically: "You have plenty @
these milk and water evangelist
going about the country, but that kin
are 70 good. You could boil down tie
4 of them into a very small tning. They d.
not preach the Gospel. l am an evangel
e ist but preach the Gospel. ! stand fiat
!. footed upon the Biole. There is q lot {
that other class going about that L woul
Z not wipe my pose with.
Il said in the first part Of this sermo
. that man would not be damned on 81
! count OF his sins. l do not say that b
c does not deserve 30 go there. Every ms
S deserves TO go TO he'll snd If epy one 0
o earth deserves that fate do
y But nan will not be dsmne
t for shining but for rejectin
q the Lord Jesus Christ. In the FIR
epistle Of John the Holy Ghost says:
q write unto you little children becaus
y your sins are forgiven you," for II
l. names sake-not for your goOdnes
n sake, mark you, but for His Christ
il nsme's sake.
}, The preacher concluded with devol
thanks to God that "He, His own Sc
81 bore our sins in His own body on Il
IL tree
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